- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✖ No protections
- Discrimination
- Varies by Region
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- Varies by Region
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
Public Opinion
Public opinion surveys in Montana have pointed to a varied attitude towards LGBTQ+ individuals.
History
Same-sex marriage in Montana is legal.
In 1997, another statute took effect that explicitly prohibited same-sex marriages.
In 2004, Montana’s voters approved Initiative 96, which was a constitutional amendment stating that only marriages between one man and one woman should be valid or recognized.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Montana is no censorship.
In 2023, Montana attempted to ban drag performances under House Bill 675 but it was blocked by a federal judge.
Right to change legal gender in Montana is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-affirming care in Montana is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Montana is recognized.
Hate crime protections in Montana is no protections.
LGBT discrimination in Montana is varies by region.
LGBT employment discrimination in Montana is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Federally, in a landmark decision, Democratic President Obama's EEOC ruled that gender identity was included under Title VII protections from the Civil Rights Act (originally written to protect people based on sex discrimination).
LGBT housing discrimination in Montana is varies by region.
Additionally, HUD's 2012 Equal Access Rule prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation for housing programs, shelters and other HUD-funded providers.
Same-sex adoption in Montana is legal.
Intersex infant surgery in Montana is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Montana is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
On February 10th, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth filed in court a memo relating to President Trump’s executive order from the previous month.
From then until March 18th, 2025, The U.S. military prohibited transgender individuals from enlisting and ceased providing or supporting gender transition procedures for service members.
Blood donations by MSMs in Montana is legal.
Conversion therapy in Montana is not banned.